The King of Controversy

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Still feeling super sore and tired from the Runathon. 

PM - 8 miles. 60 min with 10x3:00 min repeats and 1 min recovery. Interesting workout today. We weren't aloud to run outside today because of lightning so we had to do our workout in the halls of the school. Super fun workout and even though I was sore and tired from the weekend still, it turned out to be a decent workout. We ran strong as a group. There were times where we had to spread out a bit because of where we were running but we always pulled it backed together when we could. It was definitely a step in the right direction for our team. We've still got a lot of work to do but we are definitely getting closer to where we want to be. My inner thigh/groin was super sore today. It doesn't bother me while I run but it hurts to do other things like weights. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Cool run this morning. It was raining and he sky kept getting out up by lighting which looked really cool. Still felt tired and sore. 

PM - 10.5 miles. 70 min with long hill and striders. We ran up into Green Springs today for our long hill. Really humid run and I still felt tired but it was fun. I really enjoy our long runs because we get to explore and run past so many different places in the same run which keeps it interesting and fun and helps me focus less on how hard it is. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still feeling tired but the soreness is fading. 

PM - 7 miles. 60 min with 6x1200 (goal - 4:50) and 3 min recovery. Times: 5:04, 4:50, 4:43, 4:43, 4:45, 4:45.  Good workout today. Times were a little fast but it was more about sticking together today. Still a little bit weak at running together but it's slowly getting there. I mostly sat in the back today and made sure that we didn't have guys fall off the back. I would try to pick it up at the end of each repeat so that we could work on finishing stronger but it kinda got out of control and we were almost sprinting the last section. I still felt tired today and my stomach was still giving me problems but I was able to stick in with the guys. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I need to get more sleep. I'm feeling so exhausted. 

PM - 8.5 miles. 60 min with Steady State. First time ever doing a steady state and it was tough. We ran up Parkway which was hard but it was the length of that steady state is what killed me. I almost fell off the group at one point but I fought through the pain and tiredness to stick in there. I think this is one of my biggest weaknesses is pushing for a long time. I've always been better at shorter, quicker workouts over long workouts. I think that is a big reason I do better at our 2 mile time trials over our normal 3 mile races. So I definitely need to work on these longer workouts. Specifically tempos and Steady State stuff like today. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I felt a lot less tired this morning but we went so stinkin fast today. It felt like the steady state yesterday.

PM - 6.25 miles. 40 min easy with 4x200. Great pre-race run to Sandbergs. The water was really dirty but it was still fun. I felt great this afternoon and really felt smooth on the 200s. 

AM - 8.25 miles. 60 min. SUU Invite. First Varsity Race ever and it didn't turn out great. To be honest it didn't even really feel like a Varsity race. It didn't feel any different from a JV race. The goal for today was to stick together as a team and we did pretty well for the first half of the race but it fell apart from there. Our pack got out right behind Desert Hills pack and we stuck in there until about 1.5 miles where DH made a move and we couldn't match. Nick stayed with DH but the rest of us fell off. I tried my best to stay in there but I just wasn't ready. I was the 2nd guy on the team for most of the rest of the race until Jason, Dallin, and Preston passed me on the last lap. Not a good race for our team again. Nick won but other than that DH demolished us. They have a really good team this year. We looked a little but better than last week but still not where we'd like to be. We've got a lot of work to do.